According to
the territory division of the Republic of Macedonia Sopiste
Community is among the medium communities by size. It is spread
over the central part of the territory of the Republic of
Macedonia with an area of 223,53 m2.

The number of the population is relatively stable with a tendency
of slow increase. 4/5 of the population is Macedonian while 1/5
belongs to the minority such as Albanians, Turks, Serbs and
others. 26 % of the people are younger than 15, 63 % (6058
persons) are from 15-59 years of age while 11 % (1047 persons) are
older than 60. The small decrease of the population in the last
years owes to: the high increase of the population in four
villages where people of Muslim religion live (1/5 of the total
population) and the demographic stability of the population in
some of places in the Skopje suburban region where the level of
the population regression is proportional to the distance with
Skopje.

In the period from 1961-1994 the population in Sopiste increased
for 32 %, which is 9,7 per mil. Today it is 5,3 % per mil.

The population density is 43 citizens on km2. The first village is
4 km far from the city. According to the latest statistical
evidence obtained by the census in 1994, Sopiste Community has
9684 citizens scattered over in 14 compact villages with a
character of rural mountainous and plain places. The villages are: